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Brighton & HA pack their bags to visit Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Seagulls will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 23 and win only 10 of the 43 games.
The previous match played between the two at Selhurst Park was within the last three years, in October 2002, with Crystal Palace annihilating their visitors 5 - 0 in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Tue 25 Mar | Brighton & HA | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Oct | Crystal Palace | 5 - 0 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 1988/1989 | Mon 27 Mar | Crystal Palace | 2 - 1 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 1988/1989 | Mon 26 Dec | Brighton & HA | 3 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1986/1987 | Mon 20 Apr | Brighton & HA | 2 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 1986/1987 | Fri 26 Dec | Crystal Palace | 2 - 0 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 1985/1986 | Sat 29 Mar | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Eagles, with 1 goals against.
In complete contrast to Crystal Palace, Brighton & HA are having a torrid time on their travels, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While the Seagulls have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Crystal Palace's total of 20 points from their 12 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca Cola Championship. Brighton & HA find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 13 games have yielded only 10 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 |
| Brighton & HA | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Seagulls are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Crystal Palace. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Brighton & HA | Previous 4 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 7 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |